New Westfield launch - 9th August- PistonHeads Annual Service @ Bicester Motion

[Rednop1]

The engine looks like  madza /ford 2.0 Lf engine to me also used in some volvo's which is basically a duratec engine  but i have been known to be wrong .

 

Good move i think by the factory to get away from those ecoboost /turbo engines get back to a nice simple n/a

[Flying Carrot Steve]

2 hours ago, aeg said:

Wow🤩 grey and orange what a colour combination 🤪 but I am a bit bias 🤣

 

1 hour ago, Greenstreak-Andy D said:

Would have benefitted from a matching orange stripe on bonnet and nose … IMO… just saying! I’m sure you would agree @aeg

 

 

Would have benefited from a LOT more orange never mind a stripe IMHO 🤣

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Have they moved the handbrake somewhere different?

[Quinten]

The grey one

 

 

 

 

And the green one

 

 

 

 

And of course @DIY-Si

 

[Captain Colonial]

That new engine has quite the oil pressure at idle…

 

 

Air conditioning - really?

[Andrew Bennie]

Electric handbrake, wow.

[dvd8n]

One of the buttons looks like electronic stability control.

[dvd8n]

16 minutes ago, Andrew Bennie said:

Electric handbrake, wow.

 

I was actually looking at the kits for that the other day; they're not that expensive or hard to fit.  I find that the gear lever really gets in the way.  I'm not surprised that other manufacturers put them under the dash. 

 

Mind you, I've an awful lot of jobs to get through before I could justifiably spend time faffing about with that.

 

D

 

Eg https://www.hollinapplications.com/product-page/standard-handbrake-kit

[LoneWolf]

4 minutes ago, dvd8n said:

 

I was actually looking at the kits for that the other day; they're not that expensive or hard to fit.  I find that the gear lever really gets in the way.  I'm not surprised that other manufacturers put them under the dash. 

 

Mind you, I've an awful lot of jobs to get through before I could justifiably spend time faffing about with that.

 

D

MK also started fitting it on newer cars, seen a video on their Youtube about that.

[Mathew Vernon - Membership Secretary]

I see they’ve gone with the stubby type gear lever a-la Caterham. Unless it was just a bit cold in Bicester…. 🤣

[Neptune]

2 hours ago, Mark (smokey mow) said:

Have they moved the handbrake somewhere different?

It's electronic according to the datasheet

[Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO]

I wonder where the what the price range is going to be. I got to say I do like it bar the heater controllers

 

 

 

[Craigieboy]

2 hours ago, Andrew Bennie said:

Electric handbrake, wow.

 

A few of the MK guys have them, but to me it's just something else to go wrong and it's actually quite a good arm rest. 

[Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO]

Heater controls look like they're from Car Builder Solutions, nothing wrong with that, but the rest of the interior looks high market. Leather on the tunnel, carbon dash. Has the body been altered in any way? It would have been a perfect time for updates along with the new engine. 

Interested to see prices. 

[Craigieboy]

Could that be an Aircon button